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Mass Effect Legendary Edition now playable on Linux with Proton GE
17 May 2021 at 10:28 pm UTC
17 May 2021 at 10:28 pm UTC
> Spoiler alert though for older players: apparently the face of Tali was changed from a stock photo you could see in-game to a unique and more appropriate image, it does make me laugh that such a small change has generated big headlines across the major gaming sites.
Oh boy... I was at the bioware forums when people discovered the stock photo; it sure brings back memories.
... a moment of silence for M. Shields
Oh boy... I was at the bioware forums when people discovered the stock photo; it sure brings back memories.
... a moment of silence for M. Shields
GitHub restores a fork of the cross-platform reverse-engineered GTA III and Vice City code
13 May 2021 at 9:35 pm UTC Likes: 2
I think the rampant *commodification* of knowledge is one of the greatest crises of our age; if they could, they'd turn every bit of cognitive advance (an explanation as to how things work in the natural world, an efficient algorithm, an elegant mathematical proof, and so on) into trade secrets. So they've gone from owning bits of 'IP' like the formula for Coca Cola, to wanting to own the chemical theory that would explain why the stuff inside Coca Cola reacts the way it does.
13 May 2021 at 9:35 pm UTC Likes: 2
Quoting: TermyThese people are usually motivated by maximizing their short-term gains; but here what's at stake seems to be something fundamental — which, I think, is to maintain the 'intellectual property' regime that prevails, & to make sure it doesn't get challenged.Honestly it amazes me companies, bigger ones especially, don't see how these projects can benefit them and instead send the lawyersyeah, i really don't get how dense you have to be to decide "i'd rather take a shitstorm and damage my reputation with the fanbase instead of free advertisement to keep the IP relevant and maybe even some sales from very old games"...
I think the rampant *commodification* of knowledge is one of the greatest crises of our age; if they could, they'd turn every bit of cognitive advance (an explanation as to how things work in the natural world, an efficient algorithm, an elegant mathematical proof, and so on) into trade secrets. So they've gone from owning bits of 'IP' like the formula for Coca Cola, to wanting to own the chemical theory that would explain why the stuff inside Coca Cola reacts the way it does.
System76 announce COSMIC, their own GNOME-based desktop environment for Pop!_OS
23 Apr 2021 at 5:06 pm UTC
I'm really not happy with some of the design changes in the current Nightly, though.
23 Apr 2021 at 5:06 pm UTC
Quoting: slaapliedjeWhile we're on the subject of UIs... anyone else driven insane by Firefox's idea to get rid of the title bar and put tabs in there? Makes it hard to drag the damn window around...I think they want the windows to be dragged from the blank spaces - as in the default configuration - on either side of the address bar. I resisted that setup at first, though I got used to it over time; I put the extension icons in the 'overflow menu' so the sides of the address bar are mostly empty.
I'm really not happy with some of the design changes in the current Nightly, though.
Linux Kernel dev bans University of Minnesota for sending malicious patches
22 Apr 2021 at 12:43 pm UTC Likes: 3
FreeBSD had quite an ordeal with the Wireguard port to their kernel recently; and the defective code probably slipped through because they don't have enough 'eyeballs' on the code in the first place:
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/03/buffer-overruns-license-violations-and-bad-code-freebsd-13s-close-call/ [External Link]
22 Apr 2021 at 12:43 pm UTC Likes: 3
Quoting: PhlebiacI'm grateful that we have the manpower to actually do this work in the Linux world, although it may not be appreciated as much as it should be.Quoting: GuestLinux needs more code quality control in the first placeI think good code reviews are under-appreciated. As someone who spends quite a bit of time reviewing other people's code submissions to see what they need to improve/fix, I can tell you it's way less "fun" than writing code yourself. Sometimes it's interesting to see how someone does something clever, but most of the time it's "should I just rewrite this myself, or take the time to explain why it's wrong?"
FreeBSD had quite an ordeal with the Wireguard port to their kernel recently; and the defective code probably slipped through because they don't have enough 'eyeballs' on the code in the first place:
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/03/buffer-overruns-license-violations-and-bad-code-freebsd-13s-close-call/ [External Link]
Linux Kernel dev bans University of Minnesota for sending malicious patches
21 Apr 2021 at 7:36 pm UTC Likes: 4
Inventing clever ways to waste other people's time to advance one's career is a vital skill in today's academia.
21 Apr 2021 at 7:36 pm UTC Likes: 4
Quoting: Liam DaweThe plot thickens and it's not good on the side of the researchers: https://twitter.com/SarahJamieLewis/status/1384871385537908736 [External Link]I don't understand all the details in that thread, but as someone in academia (in a field unrelated to CS), my heart sinks once again to see the lengths that people will go to, to churn out a few more papers, & inflate their CVs by a couple more lines.
It was condemned ethically back in 2020, seems they didn't care enough.
Inventing clever ways to waste other people's time to advance one's career is a vital skill in today's academia.
Linux Kernel dev bans University of Minnesota for sending malicious patches
21 Apr 2021 at 7:24 pm UTC Likes: 2
21 Apr 2021 at 7:24 pm UTC Likes: 2
Another 'experiment' was conducted on PyPi earlier this year: https://www.theregister.com/2021/03/02/python_pypi_purges/ [External Link] — not as spectacularly stupid & irresponsible as the one on kernel devs, though.
Zorin OS 16 gets a Beta with 'the largest library of apps' available on any Linux desktop
17 Apr 2021 at 9:10 pm UTC
17 Apr 2021 at 9:10 pm UTC
Quoting: BlackBloodRumStill Fedora though 👍 but missing some of the customization options of XFCE 😅Does XFCE 4.16 make a difference? I couldn't wait for the official Fedora release, so I upgraded to the 34 beta for 4.16. No issues so far.
Zorin OS 16 gets a Beta with 'the largest library of apps' available on any Linux desktop
16 Apr 2021 at 12:08 pm UTC Likes: 6
16 Apr 2021 at 12:08 pm UTC Likes: 6
> Zorin OS definitely screams "look at me!".
Not for too long, though; or your retinas might get incinerated.
Not for too long, though; or your retinas might get incinerated.
Metro Exodus from 4A and Deep Silver has officially released for Linux
14 Apr 2021 at 8:59 pm UTC
14 Apr 2021 at 8:59 pm UTC
Quoting: XpanderSpoiler, click me
Spoiler, click me
Nice to see that the super secret ending to Last Light ended up being the canonical one.
Metro Exodus from 4A and Deep Silver has officially released for Linux
14 Apr 2021 at 6:46 pm UTC
14 Apr 2021 at 6:46 pm UTC
I'd like to enter the draw as well.
Thanks a lot!
Thanks a lot!
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